Natural homemade toothpaste is easy to make and makes your teeth so clean, and it can include ingredients from your garden, for example stevia and mint.

Your mouth is highly absorbent. Conventional toothpaste is filled with lots of things you'd rather not put in your mouth. Unfortunately the healthier versions are quite expensive so most people don't buy them.

Fortunately making your own toothpaste is a healthy, cheap, and easy option.

Try my recipe below. My teeth and gums feel so clean and smooth. This blend should also help whiten, kill bad bacteria and draw toxins from teeth and gums.

7 Important Reasons to Avoid Conventional Toothpaste

Firstly, here are some potent reasons to avoid conventional toothpaste. It typically contains:

Triclosan: an antibacterial chemical to help fight gingivitis, but it is a pesticide and there are concerns that it contributes to antibiotic resistance and endocrine disruption.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS): a surfactant (makes the foam) made from palm oil (think orangutans). It interferes with taste buds, has been linked to skin irritation and canker sores. It is registered as an insecticide and may have toxic effects on marine life. Carcinogenic volatile organic compounds are also released into the environment during it's manufacture.

Artifical Sweeteners:aspartame can lead to a wide variety of ailments. Some of these problems occur gradually while others are immediate, acute reactions. Saccharin was linked to cancer in clinical studies in the 1970s, but it continues to be used as a food and hygiene product additive, including for use in sweetening toothpaste.

Diethenolamine (DEA):creates a thick lather or creamy consistency and found in many cosmetics, creams and toothpaste. It’s a known hormone disrupter and can react with other ingredients to form a potential carcinogen. The greatest risk to human health is when it is applied directly and repeatedly to the skin. DEA is also used in the manufacture of textiles, pharmaceuticals, and herbicides and as a gas scrubber in the fossil fuel industry.

Flouride: a toxic chemical that accumulates in your tissues over time, wreaks havoc with enzymes, and produces a number of serious adverse health effects, including neurological and endocrine dysfunction. Children are particularly at risk for adverse effects of overexposure.

Artificial colourings:linked to ADHD and hyperactivity in children. We don’t need red and blue toothpaste!

Microbeads: while being phased out now, many brands have used plastic micro-beads to polish teeth. The ocean is contaminated with microbeads - it is everywhere. Our waste systems have not been able to filter it.

Ingredients of my homemade toothpaste

Bentonite Clay: Mild, natural polisher that gently scrubs and polishes teeth, rich in minerals and draw out toxins in the mouth. It’s also alkaline, so it helps reduce acidity in the mouth.

Baking Soda (sodium bicarbonate): Baking soda helps to remove the yellow and brown stains on the teeth. It too helps to create an alkaline environment in your mouth that decay-causing bacteria don't like.